Newspaper Page Text
VOL. ONE.
THE FARMERS JOURNAL,
rtrr*ra -r.n vBMHBWifc-iruwyiHww!wt.TKaw , MMBw
Tgr-PIJBUfrHSp WEBWSSDAY.
50 C'i'3. Per Year.
int Artvanct*.
Locals 8 Cojits Per .Liu'S First Inser
tion, Each Additirm-il 5 Cents*
Entered a ; > ftouond Chass Matter at the
Homer. Ga., Post Office.
„7r<. Barton. - ' Proprietor.
■numßaisgaasgsg-ißatßaM 'oentm. aaßJww. ~ k.skh
A. C MOSS*
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOMER, ■ GEORGIA.
Collodions made and promptly re
mitted.
P M EDWARDS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOMER, GEORGIA.
Will practice in ail the Courts of the
Western Circuit.
OSCAR BROWN,
LAWYER.
Homer. Georgia.
Will give special attention to ad
ministration?, etc., and do a
general practice in Binks and adjoin
ing couniea
? W. I. PIKE, N
ATTORNEY AT LaW,
Jefferson, Georgia.
G. W. BROWN,
Msysvilie, Georgia.
Will do a general piaciice. Collect,
ins; a specialty.
JA2IF.3 M. Merritt,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Maysville, Georgia,
DR. A. H, STAPLER,
lloiaer, Georgia,
Special attention given to snrgcry,
obstetrics and chrome diseases of
long ft’andiog.
~ Y. D. LOCKHART.
PhysiciaN,
Homer, Georgia.
J. W. Sumpter,
GENERAL BLACKSMITHIKG.
Homer, Georgia.
and Waggons made
to order. Repairing a Specialty.
Ordiawf* Court,
First Mondays in each month. T. r.
Hill, ordinary.
Superior Court)
Third Mondays in March and Sep
tember. k. l. Hutchins judge.
Officers Farmer* Count 7 Alliance.
M. L. McDonald, president, 0. H. c.
smith, vice-president, w.r. Hill, secre
tary, r. J. Dyar, chaplain, a. b. Means,
doorkeeper.
drarchea*
Presbyterian (Jhurob, services 2nd
Snnday in each month, ltev. Gr. H.
■ Cartledge, pastor.
Methodist Church, services Ist Snnday'
in each month, and Saturday before, 1
Revs. J. D, Gunnels and Jno. I. Pen
dergras, pastors.
V Baptist Church, 4th Snnday ineaoh
month and Saturday before, Rer. J. F:
®oode pastor.
Lodges
Homer Lodge, mo. 82., I. O. 0. F.,
meets Ist Tuesday in each month, J.
W. Sumpter, noble grand, T. F. Hill,
secretary.
Phi Delta Lodge ho. 148, F. A. M„
meets Ist Friday night in each month,
v. a. watson, w. it., r. si. Edwards,
g. w., i. w. snmpter, j. w., w. s. Long,
sect’y., w. o. l. Garrison, treasurer.,
wiley Treldkill, s. v., c. a. owsu, j.d.,
jaeary orten e. a., A. I, cash, j. •.
mTjT ri aT3 TifP'D TfiTTO I\T A T
sJa JaeL e&I eda ram gov uLs esJ Xy M JW W naU tan calk a hdm
NOTICE!
September Crta, 1888.
After this month ito notices ot any
kind will bo inserted in this# paper
without the nublication fees in advance
administrators sale.
Georgia, Banka Co.:—Agreeable to
an order of ibo court of ordinary 0'
Banks county, will be sold at auction
as tbo court house door of said county
on the Ist Tuesday in March next
within tho legal hours of salo the (al
lowing property to wit, Oao nharo in
the Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company, sold as the property of Min
ysrd Bandars, dec’d. Sold for the ben
efit of the heirs of said estate. Terms
cash Jan. 30, 1889. 7. W. owen,
39 4w. Adm’r.
HOMER. HOTEL,
G- C. Forbes, - - Proprietor.
Having rented the Hotel of Mr?. L
Cox, I respectfully eolicit the patron
ago of those who have been , palroniz
ing the house in the past.
Comfortable rooms furnished mer
cantile men and the traveling public
generally; good fare as can be lnund
in the market. 41 Itf.
Money to loan on easy terms. From
one to Sve years time.
3 mas. P, M JSd wards.
IN otic*/
I will do any work in my line on time,
nntii fall at reasonable rates, for all
who are willing to make me sure of
my pay. Respectfully,
J. W. 8 UMPTER.
Homer, Ga.
LOCAL ITEMS,
McElree’s Wine of Cardul
and thedford’s black-draught are
for sale by the following merchants in
Bauks and adjoining counties: j e
Stephens, Homer, Georgia.
w. T. Duncan jewellsville, Georgia.
George wiley, rewellsville, Georgia.
Charles sweet, Alto, ceergia.
j. l*p legrand, cramer, georgia.
A. W. Bellamy, walnut Hill, georgia,
Hatheoch and co„ Harmony grove, ga.
power dt Gunnells, Harmony giove.ga.
Baugh and Bro., sraysv-ille, georgia.
tr c eims, Apple valley, georgia.
j. b. mo wborter, port Lamar, georgia.
Last Sunday was “a rainy day.’’
Judge Hill paid Atlanta a flying
and business trip, last week.
The Farmers Alliance will hold
their meetings hereafter, upstsirs in
the Dyar large two-story building.
Master Sana Dyar has the prettiest
setter pap in the state. Sam, “we”
want that dog]
Mrs. Harmon is quite siok. Dr.
Lockhart, her physician, is nneasy as
to rendering her medical aid.
The party at the Homer Hotel last
Thursday night, was a pleasant one,
considering the rain and disagreeable
evening for the attendants.
It k feared the recent heavy rains
may have damaged some of the coun
ty's bridges. Judge Hitl will exam
ine them ae soon as possible.
Tha parfy at Mr. Wiley Sanders
last night, was much enjoyed by
those present. The usual neighbor
hood gathering was out.
No other medioiae is so reliable as
Ayer’* Cherry Pectoral, for the cure ot
coughs, colds, and all derangements of
the respiratory organs. It relievos the
asthamatio and consumptive, even in
advanood stages of disease.
‘•On-word Anl Progressive!”
HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1889.
Tuesday the StJth inst., is the last
return day for Banks Superior Court.
TooJoa, Feb. 12. Last night the
Davenport kotol and oight other build
ings were burned. Total loss suppos
ed to be $12,000. Cause of lira r.n
known. %*
My little sou, throe years of age,
was terribly afflicted with scrofula.
Hia hfead was entirely aovered with
scrofulous sores and hie body showed
many marks of the disease. A few bot
ties of Ayer ; a Sarsaparilla cured him.
[W. J. Breekett, Hymera, Ind.
KS-WINE OF CAR DU I, a Tonic for Women.
Tho Journal, will greet its readers
with a Washington Letter every week
from this on, from its old, tried and
trne democratic correspondent, of
years past. They will show np fiar
rison and bis party socially and polit
ically, each week.
Nerves.
As you stand and look, you so?
many scenes, and, if you will gue
space to time, you will hear many
things, before going any farther, ob
serve the position of your scenes;
also, study well, the disposition and
character ot the person or persons, be
f>re you give notice to these “many
things.” Some people like to pull
their “coat-tails in tho sand,” and
they want company, you know.
Try tea for Dyspepsia.
No other spring medicine has won
for itself such universal confidence as
Ayer’s SarstpsrilD. If is the most
powerful combination of vegetable al
teratives ever offered to the public, and
is acknowledged hy profes
sion to be the blood pnrifier.
“Bofa, and no lather,” is the 1-gend
which most young uren pin to theii
streamers after the bull dog has sound
ed his reveille just.ontside the front
ysrd fence—[Russellville, (Ky.) Hoi
aid Enterprise.
The next call you make with the
intention of taking her out for a moon
light stroll, Andy, yon should bring
that dog a whole “raw h>de.”
for female diseases.
The Journal gives most ofifcslo
cal space to the deadly cyclone, but
had the Journal been among the
unfortunate, the cyclone would
have given it space in the shape of
an electric current, and ere this it
would be printing the news in the
invisible beyond, but, while it
deeply sympathizes with the un
fortunate, it gives thanks, that
it and its many readers have been
spared “the light of another day!”
The Journal does not wish to im
pose *r even suggest any offensive
move on any one, but it believes if
the county judge would grant an
order to inolosj the court house tnd
public park with a nice pailing fence,
and trim up the trees, it would be sat
isfactory to tb# taxpayers. The cost
would be but- a trifle, and it would
greatly improve tbe “Temple of Jus
tice”—to say nothing of tbe prowling
cow, hog and goat, that invade its
premises daring tho summer months.
Nearly court house and park in
all other counties is inclosed—save
those in the interiors.
B®~BLACK-DRAUGHT tea cures Constipation.
Not Man’s Hand,
BUT THE SUPREMACY,
Who Doeth all Tfiiags to His Will.
Tha Cyclone.—On Monday mor
ning last, at 4 o’clock, a terrific cy
clone passed over tha lower end of
the county, killing T.TI. Stevens
and his son W, H. Stevens, and
seriously injuring Mrs, StHYens,
and Wm. Headers and wife. A
loud, rumbling noise was beard in
the direction of tho storm, at the
time, and by 8 o’clock runners
came from tho scene ©f the disas
ter, to notify the people in town,
and to secure the services of phy
sicians. As soon as conveyances
could be procured nearly every
body in town went. The storm com
menced on the east side of the
Grove river at the Thales Neal
farm aad took an easterly course,
crossing over the river it struck Mr
Wm, Headers’ house. Itwas an old
fashioned, one story building stand
ing on the face of a ridge, jutting
in towards the river. It tore the
house litterally all to pieces except
a single room about 20 feet square
with a small shed room adjoining,
which was lifted up and carried
some 50 or sixty yards down r the
side of the hill. The crib, stables,
smoke house and other outbuild
ings were also torn into splinters
and carried away. Mr. Headers
and wife were thrown out of their
beds and down under the floor of
the room in which they slept,
where they remained severely
wounded, and stunned, in an un
conscious condition, until about
daylight, when they were rescued
from their perilous condition and
carried to the home of 4tx, J as. 0.
Wood. Passing down the lull in
its furious march of destruction,
it next struck the house of Mr.
Stevens, some 300 yards away.
The Stevens family consisted of
nine persons. Willie, the eldest
son, had been running on the rail
road for some time as a fireman,
and had been severely scalded in
a railroad disaster. Me bad made
his arrangement to return to At
lanta on Monday, and bad set an
alarm clock to wake him at 3:30.
A short time after the alarm went
off his father arose and was in the
act of kindling & fire in the fire
place.
Mrs. Stevens was the first to hear
the approaching storm, and told
her husband that she thought a cy
clone was eoming. A heavy rain
storm had just passed and Mr
Steves replied, “0! 1 hope not.”
At tkat instant the cyclone, in its
mad fury was upon them. A tree
was blown across the house, knock
ing down the chimney, which fell
on Mr. Stevens and killed him in
stantly, Willie was blown out of
the house about 75 yards and his
thigh broken and otherwise injur
ed, His piteous cries for help v. a*
heard by Henry, a younger brother
who had also been blown through
the crashing and flying timbers,*:
some distance from tho hoi;-.
Henry was badly hurt, himself, but;
as soon as possible lie ran to his
brother, but was unable to render
much assistance, until death kind
ly released him from hia suffering*.
Leaving Willie, Henry now return
ed to the house and found hie moth
er fastened down under the Ltd
and a number of heavy timbers,
which had fallen upon her With
the assistance of smaller children
ho released his mother from her
terrible situation, and then ran
across the branch and up tha steep
hill on tli© other Pi le, to look for
hie Grandpa Meadsis an-'l his wife,
whom he found th.ire under tha
floor as already described. Tom.
Stevens had not yet been found. It
was then thought that he had been
blown away in the storm, until the
neighbors came in and found him
under the huge pile of rocks,
where the chimney had fallen up
on him, and crushed the life out ot
him instantly.
Whei the cyclono reached Mr.
Prior Wright’s farm, it semi to
have partially spent its force, but a
number of tenant houses were un
roofed, and a Mrs. Rice was se
verely jfcruised. By tho time if
reached Bold Spring the force of
the cyclone had be -n spent.
The most terrible destruction
thatevor has been witnessed marks
the track of the great stoim. Th*
heaviest oaks and mighty mon
archs of the forest, were twisted in
to splits—torn up bv the roots and
sent whirling tnro igh tho air Pine
bushes and other small brush were
tern up from the ground. House
hold furniture, belding, clothing,
farming tools, dead cattle, pigs,
poultry, and eve* birds, are scat
tered along its track, or thrown in
to tree tops.
The lumber in Mr, Stevens’
house was litterally torn intoeplin
ters. An iron harrow was torn up
and the clock was found under tho
debris of the building, where it bad
been thrown only a few moments
after it rattled off the alarm to
awaken Mr. Stevens and his son
Wilhe, forth© last time on earth.
The hands had stopped live min
utes past 4 o’clock.
The main track was about 500
yards wide, and p issed just over
th© track of a former cyclone of
years before.
Asa toilet article, Ayer’s Hair v ig
or stand* nnrivaled. It cleanses tho
ssalp and removes dandruff, cures itch
ing burners, restores the original color
to faded and gray hair, and promotes
it growth,
In about a mouth tue road over
seers w ill make a dash through their
respective noighbortmods end “warn
the hands.” From Btolsor 20 will
walk over from throa to four miles of
road, as they go along they will throw
in a few pine tops sad scratch a go
pher plow through tbe gullies oa the
sides of tho road and leave the ftjrt m
there to wash out or fill np the ditch
es or some other place. The overseer
will walk in front of tha hands and,
whist!/a tune, and they will than say *
the road is worked. The oemmiseion
•rs will then fine Bom9 poor fellow two
dollars because he was sick and failed
to be in the procession. This is Geor
gin lw, ***
NO. 42.